Comments on: Learn Meditation Easily http://elementaltruths.com/2007/10/27/learn-meditation-easily/ Somewhere Around the Psychology, Philosophy and Theology Section at Your Local Library. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:03:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Reg http://elementaltruths.com/2007/10/27/learn-meditation-easily/#comment-742 Reg Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:39:42 +0000 http://elementaltruths.com/?p=599#comment-742 Post the thread on your site and we'll see what happens! :) Post the thread on your site and we’ll see what happens!
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]]> By: shaolin http://elementaltruths.com/2007/10/27/learn-meditation-easily/#comment-741 shaolin Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:49:44 +0000 http://elementaltruths.com/?p=599#comment-741 Hello guys, Good to be back and I thought I'd add another comment. Its an interesting topic and should be discussed. Anyhow I enjoyed reading your post as it is relevant to today! Ill check back soon for any added comments, thanks. It would be great to get this thread really active again! ----------------------- www.martialarm.net martial arts news and information Hello guys,

Good to be back and I thought I’d add another comment. Its an interesting topic and should be discussed.

Anyhow I enjoyed reading your post as it is relevant to today! Ill check back soon for any added comments, thanks.

It would be great to get this thread really active again!

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]]> By: Reg http://elementaltruths.com/2007/10/27/learn-meditation-easily/#comment-455 Reg Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:43:04 +0000 http://elementaltruths.com/?p=599#comment-455 Quote it, modify it, incorporate, use it any way you like. You're welcome to anything on Elemental Truths that you can use. As for Rosa, I think one would have to be a true contrarian not to be able to synergize with her. She has a true spirit of giving. Quote it, modify it, incorporate, use it any way you like. You’re welcome to anything on Elemental Truths that you can use.

As for Rosa, I think one would have to be a true contrarian not to be able to synergize with her. She has a true spirit of giving.

]]> By: Rosa Say http://elementaltruths.com/2007/10/27/learn-meditation-easily/#comment-454 Rosa Say Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:48:11 +0000 http://elementaltruths.com/?p=599#comment-454 Mahalo nui MT, that is such a generous comment you give to us both! And thank you for joining the conversation, for you bring that quote back to my thoughts about all of this too; is really called out to me the first time I read it as well. Mahalo nui MT, that is such a generous comment you give to us both! And thank you for joining the conversation, for you bring that quote back to my thoughts about all of this too; is really called out to me the first time I read it as well.

]]> By: MT (that MindTweaks Chick) http://elementaltruths.com/2007/10/27/learn-meditation-easily/#comment-448 MT (that MindTweaks Chick) Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:13:28 +0000 http://elementaltruths.com/?p=599#comment-448 "Meditation is not about forcing our minds to be quiet, it is about finding the quiet that is already there." How very quotable :) I really the down-to-earth approach in this article. I forget, sometimes, how many people are afraid of meditation, because they don't really knowing what it is. And I must say, Rosa and Reg, that I see why the two of you mesh well. There really is a grace in your exchanges. (And Rosa's questions have me thinking...) “Meditation is not about forcing our minds to be quiet, it is about finding the quiet that is already there.”

How very quotable :) I really the down-to-earth approach in this article. I forget, sometimes, how many people are afraid of meditation, because they don’t really knowing what it is.

And I must say, Rosa and Reg, that I see why the two of you mesh well. There really is a grace in your exchanges. (And Rosa’s questions have me thinking…)

]]> By: Reg http://elementaltruths.com/2007/10/27/learn-meditation-easily/#comment-443 Reg Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:49:22 +0000 http://elementaltruths.com/?p=599#comment-443 You make an excellent argument. But, it isn't an either or for me. Prayerful meditation before intense physical activity (a mixed martial arts session, or 9 holes of golf) primes me to higher performance and self tunes me for fewer injuries. Yoga I have never tried. But, I understand it has many of the characteristic of Tai-Chi-chuan which I love. You make an excellent argument.
But, it isn’t an either or for me. Prayerful meditation before intense physical activity (a mixed martial arts session, or 9 holes of golf) primes me to higher performance and self tunes me for fewer injuries.
Yoga I have never tried. But, I understand it has many of the characteristic of Tai-Chi-chuan which I love.

]]> By: Rosa Say http://elementaltruths.com/2007/10/27/learn-meditation-easily/#comment-441 Rosa Say Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:24:45 +0000 http://elementaltruths.com/?p=599#comment-441 You are too kind Reg, for surely I can learn and experience more. Though I do agree I feel quite blessed much of the time and am sure to say my prayers of thankfulness, not for a moment do I feel close to that golden mastery of self-actualization. I think another reason that meditation is not that attractive to me is simply a matter of priorities - I do not question the benefits that it can give, nor am I cynical about it at all, but higher on my list are exploring a few disciplines which can give me more of a physical work-out! Yoga is beckoning me more and more every day as something which may be a pleasing combination. You are too kind Reg, for surely I can learn and experience more. Though I do agree I feel quite blessed much of the time and am sure to say my prayers of thankfulness, not for a moment do I feel close to that golden mastery of self-actualization.

I think another reason that meditation is not that attractive to me is simply a matter of priorities - I do not question the benefits that it can give, nor am I cynical about it at all, but higher on my list are exploring a few disciplines which can give me more of a physical work-out! Yoga is beckoning me more and more every day as something which may be a pleasing combination.

]]> By: Reg http://elementaltruths.com/2007/10/27/learn-meditation-easily/#comment-440 Reg Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:53:20 +0000 http://elementaltruths.com/?p=599#comment-440 Rosa, I knew I could count on you for an insightful question. For me, meditation is a means of reaching the self-actualization we all seek. The reward is the nudge I receive from the process itself. I studied martial arts for years. I always resented to rigorous practiced ritual of the kata. Only after the rigor of ritual became automatic and relegated to muscle memory did I begin to experience the opening of channels within myself as they began to unblock and allow me access to creative energies and focus that I had unknowingly denied myself. "What are you missing?" From reading your work, I would have to say very little. You seem to be a blessed spirit with a natural ability to tap into resources that those such as I can only reach through meditative prayer. I wish you continued peace and grace. Rosa, I knew I could count on you for an insightful question.

For me, meditation is a means of reaching the self-actualization we all seek.

The reward is the nudge I receive from the process itself.

I studied martial arts for years. I always resented to rigorous practiced ritual of the kata. Only after the rigor of ritual became automatic and relegated to muscle memory did I begin to experience the opening of channels within myself as they began to unblock and allow me access to creative energies and focus that I had unknowingly denied myself.

“What are you missing?” From reading your work, I would have to say very little. You seem to be a blessed spirit with a natural ability to tap into resources that those such as I can only reach through meditative prayer.

I wish you continued peace and grace.

]]> By: Rosa Say http://elementaltruths.com/2007/10/27/learn-meditation-easily/#comment-439 Rosa Say Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:34:00 +0000 http://elementaltruths.com/?p=599#comment-439 Aloha Reg. While I appreciate this straight-forward way to look at meditation, you do describe a kind of ritual. I have never taken on the practice of meditation (always thinking of it as a practiced ritual) because frankly, I haven't been able to link it to any reward that I do not already get via another means. Two questions: What am I missing, in considering it a duplication I don't feel I need? and, What makes what you describe so necessary, in delivering healthy self-reflection, or connection to some inner source? That is, Is there some result from meditation that is exclusively a reward of the practice? Aloha Reg. While I appreciate this straight-forward way to look at meditation, you do describe a kind of ritual. I have never taken on the practice of meditation (always thinking of it as a practiced ritual) because frankly, I haven’t been able to link it to any reward that I do not already get via another means. Two questions: What am I missing, in considering it a duplication I don’t feel I need? and, What makes what you describe so necessary, in delivering healthy self-reflection, or connection to some inner source? That is, Is there some result from meditation that is exclusively a reward of the practice?

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